The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-19
COL. HAMILTON'S VICTIM.
THIRB DAY OF THE INV ESTIGA-
TON OF THE KILLING
or ROderick Dhu Gambrell-The
Evidence OF Ten More Wit
nesses Taken.
TIE COMPILATION OF their
STATEMENTS TELL
But One Story, That the Brave
Young Man Was FOally As
sassinated
BY THE MAN WHO ASSURED COL.
NUGENT
That He Would Have No Trouble
Strong Evidence Against the
Accessories.
TIE COMPILATION OF GHEIE
STATEMENTS TELL
BY THE MAN WHO ASSURED COL
NUGENT
ESPECIAL TO TEE ArPHAL.l

IofkOlAL
,llJAcKsoN, Miss, May 18.-ChanCel.
Tor Peyton called court to order promptly al
9o'clock, and directed that the prisoners be
brought into court.
W. E. GIBSON,
Lives in 1azoo COUNTY W as in jackson the
night Gambrel was killed. Saw Hamilton
near the Lawrence house SALOON about the
time the Yicksburg and Meridian train came
in. Hamilton invited witness TO accompany
him to his home, which he declined: and
went into saloon and took glass or tbeer.
- RICHARD DAVIS
TO Mrs. Cabiness. Was lying down at first.
Heard someone say something like Hold
mp" then another shot or so, then very rap
ID .fiing. Saw. flashes, then heard some
two men walking up the street east. Saw
nor heard no carriage nor horse at or about
time Of shooting. Beating occurred directly
after shooting ;, ended. Witness went to
over. Saw Albrecht, Figures and Carraway
there. Did not know the two men going up
the street, as their backs were TO me. Two
shots were fired before witness came out.
Saw the flashes on west side OF bridge.
Seemed the firing was across bridge from
both sides Could not tell VINO the two men
going east we're. ihey were going Ipidly.
Cross e1amined-Went to bed late was in
put on pants and stood on steps. Could not
see distinctly for hedge; seemed as though
the flashes were going both east and west.
The two men going east separated east Of
the north side of street, but not on north
A, II. JAYNE,
lawyer: Was in Jackson on the 9Th of May.
Remember, the shooting that night Was
abOu. $50 PAGES from the bridge and was
about l40 PAGES from where the body was
found lying. Was at Lesser's residence,
south side of Capitol street, vest Of bridge.
A ln, fhNa mi ,sfa nf1 IN ~ Innr h. IN
leave Lesser's and walked out n the gal
ley. Viola and Lille Asher walked On the
gallery with witness and talked foar or five
minutes. In a very short time heard Il st
lhot and had just stepped on the step to start.
One Of the girls remarked: There goes a
buggy or phaeton with light horse, going
very slowly" Some one Just then crossed
diagonally across the street westward of
man CROSSED the street from same point
in the direction of McDonald's foundry
rather rapidly, as though goiL undo shadow
Of foundry. Not more than a minute
elapsed after the carriake passed before the
two men crossed. Immediately after the
first suot the clear and distinct cry of muir
dsr; then treading on the bridge as footsteps
were crossing the street from south to north;
four shots within he same instant of time;
did not see the fashes-the SCENE TO come
from quadriateral directions from western
halt OF bridge; then pause of second or so;
puhooN tuoh luICC uhhuo5 HOul
middle of road nesr west end Of
bridge, some short distance apTt,
and seemed to converge ON the object
on north side Of bridge, just then u co Inter
fash came from the object on the Inorth side,
the shot from the westi seemed to dip sharply
the middle not SO much SO. The object
spoken of waS about whore witness found
GambrelPs body immediately alter the
to come s from nearer t"t south side sSS Of
the western approach or roadway to bridge,
" illness was standing en- steps of Lesser's
gallery. Gambrell lay on foot Of the bridge
firing saw commotion about Mrs. He lphay's
store; saw man supposed to be Kelly try
ing TO close door and there seemed to be two
or three men there; there were dressed in
FitEgerald's residence, thought to be Flts-
gerald he proceeded in the direction Ofbridge
at once. Did not see any OlrriagJ pass
Just at or about the time Of the shooting. The
vehicle he say .me rye ~ minutes before iir-
but this vehicle had time to have gone as far
as Capitol had 1t co tinued. L night was
a very bright m Donlight night Did not hear
carriage or horse crossing bridge at or about
time OF shooting. Know Of no occasion for
carriages checking up on approaching bridge.
Went To where Gambrell's body lay i'm
mediately after shooting. Found seven or
parties there. saw CarrlWsy and asked eight
him who did this. Said he did not know.Tol
witness that he tound Hamil on and Albrecht
there when he arrived. Did not see Figures,
Albreoht, Hamilton or Eubanks Just then;
in a minute or so, arted to 9ambrelPs
res sdence TO inform parents Of deceased
and met CarraWay and Albrecht coming
from east on bridge to ward where body OF
Gambfell lay. The last single shot fred was
very loud. as though an after thought.
Seemed 10 b, about north side of bridge
Thinks the man Whe fred the shot which
struck the post on north side OF foot bridge
stood in nOrtheasterly direction, or from
more southerly direction gving north by
no Invest. Next morning about 100 o'clock
witness went to bridge md looked on north |
side Of bridge for any signs. Looked about |
the brick pier on northwest side OF bridge.
Saw the foot prints ofOne man around the |
pier as though some one had crawled up on
the approach or pier from that point. Wit |
ness then crossed to south side Of bridge OPP
posIte to where Ganbreil iaJ and took po- |
sition on the southeast approach to see II |
any signs appeared there, as u was stated |
some one had run around in that direction |
Just after the shooting. Went under south |
east approach to examine for foot prints |
about 9 o'clock next morning. III ~ were |
many th stiles which had already been cut |
under first, or eastern, span and some Jour |
feet OF next span.
-. Gross examined - Found some thistlss
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